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Summary

This best seller-continues to set a high standard for introductory literature texts by maintaining the traditions that have made it a success while adding fresh, new material. Carefully selected classic and contemporary works incorporate a range of diverse voices, and the authors provide integrated coverage of the elements of literature and the writing process.

Table of Contents

Denotes a new selection

Reading, Thinking, and Writing Critically About Literature

Reading and Responding to Literature

What Is Literature?

Looking at an Example: Robert Frost, Immigrants

Looking at a Second Example: Pat Mora, Immigrants

Thinking About a Story: Luke, The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Stories True and False: Grace Paley, Samuel

What's Past Is Prologue

Sunday in the Park

Christmas Tree

Might We Too?

Writing About Literature: From Idea to Essay

Why Write?

Getting Ideas: Pre-Writing

Annotating a Text

Brainstorming for Ideas for Writing

The Story of an Hour

Focused Free Writing

Listing and Clustering

Developing an Awareness of the Writer's Use of Language

Asking Questions

Keeping a Journal

Arriving at a Thesis

Writing a Draft

Sample Draft of an Essay on Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour

Revising a Draft

Peer Review

The Final Version (Sample Student Essay): Ironies of Life in Kate Chopin's "The Story an Hour."